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The Reading Journey of Tim Hjersted: A Primer on the Art of Living & Changing the World

These are among the most influential books I read growing up, added roughly in the order I read them, from age 14 when I read Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, to Teachings on Love by Thich Nhat Hanh in my early twenties, to Manifesto For World Revolution, at 40, which I'm reading now.
Many of these books indirectly influenced Films For Action, the online documentary library I co-founded with several others in 2006.
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Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit (Daniel Quinn)
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
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Daniel Quinn
My Ishmael (Daniel Quinn)
My Ishmael
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Daniel Quinn
The Story of B (Daniel Quinn)
The Story of B
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Daniel Quinn
The Tao of Pooh (Benjamin Hoff)
The Tao of Pooh
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Benjamin Hoff
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
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Hermann Hesse
Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
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Lao Tzu
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Shunryu Suzuki)
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
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Shunryu Suzuki
Freedom From the Known (J. Krishnamurti)
Freedom From the Known
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J. Krishnamurti
Beyond Civilization (Daniel Quinn)
Beyond Civilization
9
Daniel Quinn
Culture Jam: How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge - And Why We Must (Kalle Lasn)
Culture Jam: How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge - And Why We Must
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Kalle Lasn
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight (Thom Hartmann)
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
11
Thom Hartmann
The Dance of Anger (Harriet Lerner)
The Dance of Anger
12
Harriet Lerner
The Dance of Intimacy (Lerner)
The Dance of Intimacy
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Lerner
The Will to Change (Bell Hooks)
The Will to Change
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Bell Hooks
Deschooling Society (Ivan Illich)
Deschooling Society
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Ivan Illich
Rules for Radicals (Saul D. Alinsky)
Rules for Radicals
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Saul D. Alinsky
Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader on Hunter-Gatherer Economics and the Environment (John Gowdy)
Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader on Hunter-Gatherer Economics and the Environment
17
John Gowdy
Teachings on Love (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Teachings on Love
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Thich Nhat Hanh
The Natural Step for Communities (Sarah James & Torbjorn Lahti)
The Natural Step for Communities
19
Sarah James & Torbjorn Lahti
Food Not Lawns (Heather Flores)
Food Not Lawns
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Heather Flores
Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
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Thich Nhat Hanh
Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance With Nature (Richard Register)
Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance With Nature
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Richard Register
Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals (Dawn Paley)
Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals
23
Dawn Paley
The Sharing Solution (Janelle Orsi & Emily Doskow)
The Sharing Solution
24
Janelle Orsi & Emily Doskow
Nonviolent Communication (Marshall B.Rosenberg)
Nonviolent Communication
25
Marshall B.Rosenberg
Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World (Joanna Macy & Molly Young Brown)
Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World
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Joanna Macy & Molly Young Brown
Reinhabiting the Village: Cocreating Our Future (Jamaica Stevens)
Reinhabiting the Village: Cocreating Our Future
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Jamaica Stevens
After Capitalism: Prout's Vision for a New World (Dada Maheshvarananda)
After Capitalism: Prout's Vision for a New World
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Dada Maheshvarananda
How to Love (Thich Nhat Hanh)
How to Love
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Thich Nhat Hanh
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (Charles Eisenstein)
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible
30
Charles Eisenstein
Meet Me in Hard-To-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success (Eric Bowers)
Meet Me in Hard-To-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success
31
Eric Bowers
Your Resonant Self (Sarah Peyton)
Your Resonant Self
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Sarah Peyton
Choosing Peace: New Ways to Communicate to Reduce Stress, Create Connection, and Resolve Conflict (Ike Lasater & John Kinyon)
Choosing Peace: New Ways to Communicate to Reduce Stress, Create Connection, and Resolve Conflict
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Ike Lasater & John Kinyon
Original Self (Thomas Moore)
Original Self
34
Thomas Moore
The New Human Rights Movement (Peter Joseph)
The New Human Rights Movement
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Peter Joseph
Manifesto for World Revolution (Kalle Lasn)
Manifesto for World Revolution
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Kalle Lasn
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